Bansko, Bulgaria is best value of 20 European ski resorts for the seventh year running
Local price freeze makes Italian resorts cheapest in Europe’s ‘Big Four’ski countries
Canada’s Banff trounces its competitors in the USA for transatlantic ski value
Cash-conscious skiers can avoid the slippery slope of higher prices for their annual downhill trip by heading to ski resorts in
Cape Town overtakes Bali to top Long Haul Holiday Report best value resort chart for the first time (www.postoffice.co.uk/longhaul)
Tokyo remains third cheapest but closes the gap on Cape Town and Bali
Local price cuts in 40 cent of resorts cushions the impact of the weaker pound
Mexico and Peru lead Latin-American charge as Cancun and Lima hit top 10
After three years at the top of the
Costa Rica leads a Latin-American charge as summer currency sales surge by 84 per cent
US puts on biggest growth among Post Office bestselling currencies top 10
Cities rated best-value in recent Post Office reports reap the benefit with a significant growth in sales of Hungarian forint and Polish zloty
As a new term marks the end of the school holidays and the start of the winter sun season
Polish capital is cheapest of 17 culture capitals
Top notch arts attractions are a deciding factor for half of city break holidaymakers
Performance and gallery prices are down in 7 cities including London and New York
New York remains most expensive – but prices have dropped 38 per cent
Culture vultures who want to save hundreds of pounds on the cost of a high brow city b
Washington DC is cheapest for a three-night break in US City Costs Barometer
Research into pre-election city break prices reveals Chicago costs hundreds more
Survey comes as Post Office reports a 20 per cent rise in demand for the US dollar and latest ONS figures show a 15 per cent increase in UK visits to North America
With three months of campaigning to go before the next US
1.4m dog owners set to holiday in the UK because they want to take the family pet Poldark-power reigns: Cornwall pulls clear of Scotland as our favourite destination London is a big winner too: more will visit the capital this year and its iconic landmarks fill five of the top 10 places in a poll of the most visited cultural attractions But survey reveals £000s lost on theft, holiday curtailmen
Resort costs are higher than last summer but new Post Office report reveals historic price falls since 2011
Sunny Beach in Bulgaria and the Algarve cost least for meals and drinks
Cyprus and Costa del Sol cheapest in barometer of costs for kids ‘must haves’
With the end of the school term in sight, the challenge for families planning trips to Europe will be how to get t
Two-thirds of families spend an average of £254 extra for meals and drinks in local restaurants – adding up to 21 per cent to the price of European All Inclusive package
Spending outside long haul All Inclusive resorts has risen 44 per cent to £288 compared with a year ago
At least a third also pay extra for meals and drinks at their All Inclusive hotel
Almost half of package h
Football fans spend the most on their hobby – an average of £276 per supporter over the past 12 months, with the biggest spenders forking out up to £5,000
Tickets, food and drink, satellite TV packages and travel are most popular pulls on sports fans’ purse strings
Being a sports fan cost UK adults over £20 billion in the last year, according to new research from Post Office Money Credit C
On the ball’ football fans can slash their transport costs to as little as £47 by travelling together to group matches by car
Four in a car can get to every group match for the price of ONE flight ONE way
But motorway tolls could cost £ hundreds extra
Football fans travelling to the Euro 2016 championships to support their national teams can save hundreds of pounds by pooling resources a
Portugal’s Algarve offers the lowest shop prices for self-catering holidaymakers from eight eurozone resorts surveyed (www.postoffice.co.uk/selfcateringhols) Post Office Travel Money Self-Catering Holiday Report reveals that groceries cost significantly more in resort mini-marts than in discount supermarkets Yet only 17 per cent of families do all their holiday shopping at a supermarket Supermar
Forty-five per cent of people on a city break are there for a celebration: London, Paris and Barcelona are their top choices (www.postoffice.co.uk/celebrationdrinks)
Drinks cost least in Prague – less than half the price of 10 other top cities
Palma offers the cheapest prices for drinks of those surveyed in Western Europe
Tallinn, Barcelona and London are best for bubbly at less than
